CyberLaw Blog

Archive for March 22nd, 2009

Irish ISPs reject music industry’s file-sharer demands: “Irish internet service providers (ISPs) have rejected claims that they are responsible for users’ copyright infringement. They have said that their operations are protected by law.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Scottish Parliament pr0n law faces angry opposition: “

Dead horse flogging farce limps on

Last week, the long-awaited Scottish extreme porn bill (pdf) was published — s34 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill — and it hasn’t gone down well at all.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Put down your pens: Cartoons next on censor block: “

Transatlantic campaign mounts against scribbled smut

Comment Proposals to make it a criminal offence to possess cartoons depicting certain forms of child abuse are heading back to the House of Commons, and elsewhere in the UK and across the atlantic, it’s becoming clear there is an appetite in certain quarters for a much wider clampdown on freedom of expression.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Minister admits thought crime is on the agenda: “

Oh George, you are a one

A short exchange in the Commons yesterday suggests that thought crime is now officially on the government’s agenda.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Wikileaks tells Aus censorship minister to rack off: “

Muddled Conroy threatens lawyers

Wikileaks has told the Australian Chief Censor communications minister, Stephen Conroy, to reel his neck in after the gaffe-prone politician threatened a police investigation to find out who leaked his secret blacklist of sites banned in Australia.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Aussie firewall blocks Wikileaks: “

What’s that Skippy? There’s bad stuff on the internet?

The Great Australian Firewall has claimed another victim – some pages of Wikileaks have been added to the blacklist of websites which Australians are not allowed to look at.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Great Aussie firewall claims first victim: “

Forum threatened with fine for link to banned site

The great Australian Firewall might be struggling to make political progress, but regulators are already using its blacklist to threaten local websites with fines.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)